Cowl ventilator for motor vehicles



Aug. 19, 1924.

E. H. BELDEN COWL VENTILATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet I Filed Nov. 30. 1917' at .35 .34 .32, a7

3 gvwewtoz- Edward M fifi/den.

za /{map @Homa e13 E. H. BELDEN COWL VENTILATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE5 Filed Nov. :50. 1917 n Z Q W5 4 W a Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

"J'UNITIiZD STATE s PA EN' FFICE.

nnwann n. BELDEN, or ronnno, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE assisnmravrs, TO THE 1 WILLYs-OVERLAND COMPANY. or romeo. OHIO. A oonroaarro v or am.

I COWL VENTILATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed November 30. 191?. Serial No. 204,633.

'To all whom it may concern.

"'Be it known'that I, EDWARD H. BELDEN,

a citizen, of the United States, residing at Toledo, in thecounty of Lucas and State of Oh'o, haveinvented' certain new and useful Improvements j in" Cowl Ventilators for Motor Vehicles, of which I declare the fol-- lOwing .to be a full, clear, and exact 'description. l

This invention relates to improvements in cowl ventilators for motor vehicles.

The principal object of this invention is to" provide improved means for ventilating af'motor vehicle, comprising a ventilating ,op'ening in the cowl thereof and a cover for said opening, together with improved means or hingedly connecting said covering to the cow].

j A further object of my invention is to provide all'means for ventilating motonvehicles comprising a' cowl having an opening therein and a cover for closing said opening,together with means for moving said'cover accessible from .the instrument board ofthe motor vehicle.

A further object of this invention is to provide simple and eilicient means, accessible from tlieinstrument board of the motor vehicle ,for operating the cowl ventilator, said ,means being of such a nature as to re- 'siliently hol d the cover for the ventilator opening either in open or closed position.-

Further objects, and objects relating to f economies of manufacture and details of construction, will definitely appear from-the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of invention I by the devices and means described in the following specification. My invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the appended claims.

A structure constituting a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the, accompanying drawing, forming apart ot'tliis specificatiomin whic I is a view, partly in section through thecowl and instrument board of a motor vehicle. showing the operating means for'the cowl ventilator in side elevation, said sec- K tio'n'qbeing taken on the line I'--I 'of Fig, II. FigQ'II isa top planview of. the cowl ventilator showing the cover removed and a part/of. the cowl broken away to show the operating mechanism.

Fig. III is an enlarged, detail, sectional view, taken substantially on the line III-- III of Fig. I. p

Fig. is a detail, sectional view, taken substantially on the line IV-IV of Figs. II, III and V. I

Fig. V is a detail, sectional view, taken substantially on the line V V of Figs. I and IV, and

"Fig. VI is a view in front elevation showing the operating means fixed to the instrument board.

In the drawings, similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

" Considering the numbered parts of the drawing, I have shown a cowl 10 and an instrument board 11, the forward edge of the cowl being provided with the bead, 12 and with a downwardly extending portion 13, having a flan e 14, which is disposed bebind the upper e ge ofthe instrument board 11. A ventilating opening is formed in the cowl, and said-opening is provided with the flange 15, which is formed by turning up theedge of the cowl adjacent said opening. A strip 16 forms a border for said opening and the inner edge of said strip is turned up to form the flange 17, the strip 16 being secured to the under face of the cowl in any suitable manner such as by spot welding. The rubber strip 18 is secured between the flanges 15, and 17, and forms a buifer, upon which the cover 19, which closes the ventilating opening in the cowl, is adapted to rcst,-said cover 19 being provided with, a downwardly cxtending marginal flange 20. This rubber strip 18- formsa bumper or resilient-,rest for the cover 19 closing the opening, so as to prevent its rattling.

The brackets 21 are provided with the flanges 22, which are'secured to the under surface of the cowl 10, near the edge ofthe versely t "on the rear end of the shaft 28 by means of which the shaft maybe rotated. The hub 32 of an arm 33 is secured to-the forward end of the shaft 28, beyond the therefrom, having the laterally extending flanges 25 at'thelr upper ends secured to the cover19, so that the arms 24, the pintle 23, and the brackets 21 form a hinge connection between the cover 19 and the cowl,

which hingeconnectio'n is entirely concealed within'the cowl.

The hanger 26 is mounted on the hinge pintle 23', the upper part-of the hanger being provided with- I a ;transverse passa e through which the hinge pintle 23 eirten s.

'The lower portion of the hanger is provided with apair off sees 27, provided with suit able alignedpwenings, in which the shaft 28 is jou nal the. hinge pintle 23 and below the same. A journal block 29 .is provided,

abutting the rear base of'the instrument.

board 11, and a boss 30 abuts the forward face. of the instrument board and hasja] ;hub screwed into the. journal block 29. The

shaft 328" extends rearwardly from the hanger 26 and its rear end is journaled, in

the block 29' and extendsv through the instriunent board. A handle 31 is'provided hanger 26, and'the free end of said arm is rovidedwithan eye 34, as shown in F g. 11?. A link is connected at one end to the arm 33', by means of its laterally turned end 36, which extends through the eye 34. The other end :of'said link 35 is provided with a' hook-shaped head 38, which extends notch 40. at its extreme forward end.

throu'gh'a suitable opening rovided in a bracket 37 secured to the un er face of the cover 19.

The hanger'26 is provided, adjacent to and in, the same horizontal plane with the shaft '28, with a laterally and forwardly extending arm 39, which is provided witga me and of spring; is connected to the extreme end of the arm 39 by a hooked portion engaging the'notch 40, while the other end of Q said spring is connected'to. the end 36 of the link 35, which extends through the eye 34 of the arm 33,'as clearly shown in Fig. III

I of 1phedrawing.

romthe description of the parts given -rab ove',.the' operation of this device should beveryreadily understood. In Fig.1, the

6O 5 ecured to the low'er face of the cowl 10, adf "jacent the opening therein. The hanger 26,

ventilator is shown closed in, full lines and open in dotted lines. It will be seen that the cover 19 for the ventilating opening is hingedto the powlby means of the arms24,

which are connected to the hinge pintle 23,

mounted in the brackets or hangers 21, se-

which' carries the operating'shaft 28, is carried by,the hingepintle 23. By rotating the shaft. 2fi. sacrament will be triansmit said shaft extending tran sclaims.

" and closes said cover.

ted to the arm 33, which will move the link 35 upwardly as shown in dotted lines to- Fig. 1, so asto' open the cover 19 of the ventilating opening. shaft 28 is efi'ected by" means of the handle 31, which projects from theinstrument board operator of the motor vehicle. I,

The spring 41 is provided with a hooked portion 42 connected to one end to the arm 39, which is a part of the hanger 26 and hence fixed with reference to the cowl, and

the other end of the s ring is connected to the moving arm 33. eferring to Fig. III of-the drawing, it will be seen that when the arm is' in the osition in which the ventilator is closed, t e line of force of the The rotation of the so asto be withinconvenient reach of the I spring 41 will be'directed below the axis of v the shaft 28, which carries the arm33. On

the other hand, when the' arm 33 is in the position in which the ventilator is open,

the line of force of thessringil will be directed on the opposite si spring 41 will-serve to resiliently, maintain the cover 19 elther in open or closed posie of .the'axis ofvthe shaft 28. It follows from this that the tion, and hence will tend to' preventrattling of the cover. The spring, however, will yield sufficiently to permit the ventilating mechanism to be moved from'open to closed position. The rubber strip on which the cover 19rests when the ventilator is closed, also serves to prevent rattling, as it serves to prevent the metal. cover striking against the metal of the cowl.

I am aware that the particular embodia 'ment of my invention. whichI have here shown and described, is susceptible ofconsidcrable variation without departing from the spirit thereof, and, therefore, ;I desire to claim my invention broadly, as well as specifically, as indicated by the appended Having thus described my invention, what *I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

- 1. Ina motor vehicle, the combinationof a cowl, provided with a ventilating opening.

whereby therotation of said shaft 'opens 2. Ina motor vehicle,.the= combination of a. cowl, provided witha ventilating openingtherein a cover for said opening; brackets secured to the lower face of said cowl and depending therefrom :a hinge pintle car'- -ried by said brackets; hinge arms connecting" said pintleand said cover; a hanger carried arm mounted on said shaft; and connections depending therefrbm; a

a shaft journaled in said by said pintle;

for rotating said shaft; an

hanger; means arm secured to said shaft; and a link connecting the end of said .arm and said cover. 4. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a cowl, provided with a ventilating opening therein; a cover for'said opening; brackets secured to the-lower face of said cowl.

and depending therefrom; a hinge pintle carried by said brackets; hinge arms connectin said pintle and said cover; a hanger carrie by said pintle; a shaftjournaled in said hanger and extending transversely of said pintle; means for rotating said shaft:

\ an arm secpred to said shaft; a link connecting said arm and said cover; said hanger being provided with a laterally projecting arm disposed in the same horizontal plane with said shaft; and a springconnectin the end of said hanger arm and theend o vthe arm mounted on the shaft.

5. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a cowl, having a ventilating openin therein; an instrument board; a cover or said opening; hinge connections between said cover and szudcowl disposed within said cowl; a suitably jonrnaled rotatable shaft, having one and extending through said instrument board; means for rotating said shaft; connections between said shaft, and cover comprising an arm secured to said shaft and a link connecting said arm and said cover; and .sprin means one end of which is secured to said arm for retaining said cover in either opened or closed position.

- 6. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a cowl, provided with a ventilating opening therein; a cover for said opening; a hanger having a forwardly extending arm fixed relcowl and a an upturned flange, a stri terial clamped between said flanges; and a; cover for said opening provided with a terial clamped ing therein,

atively to said cowl; a shaftjournaled in said hanger; means for rotating said shaft; an

arm secured to said shaft; connections be- H tween said arm and said cover; and a spring connected, at one end to the forwardly extending arm of said hang horizontal plane 'with said shaft, and, at the other end, to said arm.

'7. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a cowl, having a ventilating openin the edges of said cowl adjacent sai' -opening being turned up to form a marginal flan e, a strip secured to said cowl adjacent t e edges of said opening and provided with downturned marginal flange.

8. In a motor vehi -l,the combination of a cowl, having a ventilatin opening therein, the edges of said cowl ad acent said opening being turned up to form a marginal flange, a strip secured to said cowl ad'acentthe edges of said opening and rovide with an upturned flange, a strip resilient mabetween said flanges; and a cover for said openin 9. In combination witli the cowl portion of an automobile having a ventilat ng opena cover for said opening, a.

pintle carried by said cowl on which the cover is pivotally moanted, an operating shaft rotatably mounted at right angles to the pintle, means for raisin and lowering the cover upon rotation o the rotatable shaft andspring means for retaining said cover in either opened or closed position.

10. The combination with the cowl portion of an automobile having a ventilatin openin therein, a pintle carried by said cowl a jacent said opening,a cover for said opening, pivotally mounted on said pintle, a depending bracket carried by said pintle, a shaft rotatably mounted in the bracket, means for raising and lowering for retaining said cover in .either opened or closed os1tion.'- In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

EDWARD H. BELDEN,

of resilient inn-J er and in the same therein,

V the cover from the rotatable shaft and spring means 

